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encyclopocalypse.comMillennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence by Ariel Powers-SchaubTorture porn, shock-for-shock’s sake, violence that doesn’t serve the plot, and characters you hate - what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial ...

15 July 2025

For the new followers, my first book, Millennial Nasties, all about 2000s horror, is available in hard copy, ebook, and audiobook formats from @encyclopub.bsky.social encyclopocalypse.com/products/mil...

Always a joy to contribute an essay for a film I loved, but especially exciting that this is my first contribution to an Oscar nominee. Deeply grateful for the opportunity!

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A huge thank you to @amber-tee.bsky.social, @kathughes.bsky.social, @arihellraiser.bsky.social, @thehorrorchick.bsky.social, @judysquirrels.bsky.social, @blsaycewrites.bsky.social and everyone else who played a part in making this beautiful edition! Get yours here: bit.ly/IfIHadLegsLtd #FilmSky

I was trying to do the "write your name but let predictive text write a word for each letter," my phone didn't always stick with the letter I gave it and this is what I ended up with. What in the Magnus Archives is this!?

2 Girls 1 Cup is our generation's Faces of Death: -Its reputation preceded it -You remember who you were with and where you were when you watched it -Years later, find out, it was all fake

Mom, if you're reading, don't Google this

filmhounds.co.ukKick On (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Impossible To Turn Away FromA nonstop neon-soaked bloodbath awaits audiences in Nick Kozakis’s latest feature, Kick On. Eden (Markella Kavenagh) and her friends are celebrating before Lee (Kaitlyn Boyé) goes off to Peru.

And one more, for one of my favorites of the fest, Kick On filmhounds.co.uk/2026/09/30/k...

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I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

So happy I can finally say that the incredible documentary Generation Terror is streaming now on @screamboxtv.bsky.social ! If you liked Millennial Nasties, you will love this. It's all about our favorite decade of horror!

And bff @amber-tee.bsky.social is also in this 🖤🖤🖤

Kudos to @sarahappleton.bsky.social and @phillipescott.bsky.social for always making the coolest stuff!

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukCarrie (Fantastic Fest 2026) - A Masterful AdaptationHorror fans have been familiar with Carrie White’s story since 1974, when Stepehen King published his first novel. Two years later, audiences were graced with DePalma’s take on Carrie for the big…

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukThe Heretiks (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Sure To Become A Halloween StapleIt’s Halloween night, and witches are trying to kill a child – the perfect set up for a horror movie. But what if there was another witch with a counter-attack, and the kids were ready to defend…

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukToo Many Beasts (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Strange And CharmingThe haves and the have-nots are pitted against one another against the backdrop of boar hunting in Sarah Arnold’s feature directorial debut Too Many Beasts. A mystery tinged with dark comedy…

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukVictorian Psycho (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Sure To Be DivisiveVictorian Psycho, directed by Zachary Wigon, follows the story of a governess on her current assignment. However, there is more to her than it initially seems, and she harbors a darkness.

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukBeware Boiúna (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Uneven Themes Hamper Solid Creature FeatureWhen the environment itself and ancient species team up against people, people will rarely win. This is the problem facing a group of volunteer doctors in Beware Boiúna, boating down the Amazon River…

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukPosthumous (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Thrilling And Frightening Familial TaleIn Josh Tanner’s feature directorial debut, Posthumous, Zoe (Sophie Lowe) returns to her family home for her 30th birthday to a less-than-warm welcome from her father (David Roberts).

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukSick (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Prepare To Test Your LimitsViewers of Agata Trzebuchowska’s Sick may think they know what they are in for, but they will not predict the depth of the sickness. In Trzebuchowska’s feature directorial debut, Maks, 16…

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.uk3 Weeks After (Fantastic Fest 2026) - Secondary School Hell Is Startling FocusThe hell of secondary school social dynamics and inescapable loneliness are at the heart of Miroslav Terzic’s 3 Weeks After. Tzotza (Jovan Ginić), the protagonist, is on his own, and seems to prefer…

I wasn't able to use this app in Texas (age verification?) so now that the fest is over, here's my #FantasticFest coverage for @filmhounds.co.uk ! 🧵

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filmhounds.co.ukDirector Agata Trzebuchowska Talks Sick’s Fantastic Fest Premiere - “I wanted this film to feel very physical”In Sick, teenage siblings Maks and Emma are sent to the countryside to care for their ailing grandmother, and they experience personal changes and changes to their relationship as time passes.

17 Sept

After a day of crazy flight delays I'm FINALLY on my plane to Austin and Fantastic Fest! With luck I'll make the second movie.

14 Sept

Fantastic Fest is finally this week! Who will I see there?! Come say hi!

filmhounds.co.ukLesions (FrightFest 2026) - Perfect Balance Of Love And HorrorA chronic-illness love story meets The Strangers in Codey S. Wilson’s debut feature film Lesions. Houston (Alexander McPherson) and Lise (Elsa Ames) are a couple going through a divorce when Houston’s...

My favorite film of FrightFest needs its own post. LESIONS is not to be missed. Yes it's my taste, but it's also just objectively awesome, especially for a first feature. I hope you all get a chance to see it. Read my spoiler-free review filmhounds.co.uk/2026/08/29/l...

And I was lucky enough to interview the director, who was very cool. filmhounds.co.uk/issue29/

And that's a wrap on FrightFest! Honestly it was a great year and I'm grateful I got to cover so many films.

Ari_Hellraiser@arihellraiser.bsky.social

Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

filmhounds.co.ukFILMHOUNDS Magazine #29 - FRIGHTFEST

And of course the digital mag with reviews with the directors of LESIONS and FULL MOON RISING. filmhounds.co.uk/issue29/

Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

filmhounds.co.ukFull Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story (FrightFest 2026) - Thoughtful And FascinatingDirector Sarah Appleton brings another phenomenal documentary to Tubi FrightFest with Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story. She’s had an impressive run of documentary work showcased at FrightFest…

Full Moon Rising review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ filmhounds.co.uk/2026/08/31/f...

Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

filmhounds.co.ukSpider Island (FrightFest 2026) - Skin-Crawlingly GoodInfluencers launching an island resort have to battle for their lives with venomous arachnids in Christopher Smith’s latest feature, Spider Island. In the film, which enjoyed its world premiere at…

Spider Island review ⭐⭐⭐ filmhounds.co.uk/2026/08/30/s...

Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

29 Aug

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Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

filmhounds.co.ukGhostkeeper (FrightFest 2026) - Payoff Worth The Wait“There are worse things out there than getting lost.” In Ghostkeeper, Jim Makichuk’s 1981 snowy isolation horror, three friends are snowbound in a forgotten ski lodge on New Year’s Eve.

29 Aug

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29 Aug

filmhounds.co.ukDead Reset (FrightFest 2026) - Time-Loop Horror Lost In Its Own PlotWhat if life was like a video game, and every time you died, you respawned at your last save point? That reality is explored in Stewart Sparke’s sci-fi horror Dead Reset. In this film, Cole (Daniel…

Keeping a thread of all my @frightfest.bsky.social coverage on @filmhounds.co.uk !

filmhounds.co.ukBig Baby (FrightFest 2026) - An Iconic Slasher Villain Is BornIn Spider One’s latest film, Big Baby, Adam (Brandon Scott) is a horror film screenwriter looking for inspiration. Despite his partner Kate’s (Krsy Fox) support, he’s weighed down by criticism of his…

Big Baby review ⭐⭐⭐ filmhounds.co.uk/2026/08/28/b...

22 Aug

I'm a few days late for Texas Chain Saw Massacre day, and this isn't officially a TCM remake, but we're gonna say close enough. #NowWatching

19 Aug

Check out the beautiful digital mag from @filmhounds.co.uk and our pre @frightfest.bsky.social coverage! I did two interviews for this issue. filmhounds.co.uk/issue29/

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13 Aug

Had such a great time talking TEETH on the Knight Light pod! Thanks for having me! Parts of this movie hold up really well, but some parts do not. We get into all of it. open.spotify.com/episode/2Xze...

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☑ Signed the pledge card ☑ Wore the ring ☑ Learned that you have teeth... down there... Breakdown Teeth with us in the latest episode! 🩸 @arihellraiser.bsky.social @princeis.me @fredericknuti.bsky.social @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social

10 Aug

It's nice to see nostalgia catching up and people looking back fondly on 2000s horror. I've been waiting for you! 🖤

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9 Aug

Learning about Craven's religious background made me see this movie in a whole new light.

Holy Terrors Podcast@holyterrors.bsky.social

New Episode! It’s Hotter Than Hell Month and our first stop is a bombing range in the Nevada desert for Wes Craven’s savage (and spiritual?) classic The Hills Have Eyes. There’s more gold in them hills to talk about than you may expect! (Link in comments or wherever you get your podcasts).

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The Pod & The Pendulum

3 Aug

New Episode! Mike, @arihellraiser.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social talk about the divisive EVIL DEAD BURN, maybe one of the meanest films we've seen in a hot second. Did we like it? Listen & find out. 🟢 tinyurl.com/er4st4f9 🍎 tinyurl.com/53eak47w

tinyurl.comEVIL DEAD BURNThe Pod and the Pendulum: A Horror Movie Podcast · Episode

19 July

This would have done numbers on Old Twitter, that's disappointing

Ari_Hellraiser@arihellraiser.bsky.social

People feeling nostalgic for the OPI colors Cajun Shrimp and Lincoln Park After Dark is great and all, but I'm not appreciating the I'm Not Really A Waitress erasure.

18 July

People feeling nostalgic for the OPI colors Cajun Shrimp and Lincoln Park After Dark is great and all, but I'm not appreciating the I'm Not Really A Waitress erasure.

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17 July

#lastfourwatched for @letterboxd.social Friday! A great run

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Amelia Emberwing

15 July

Our buddy @bjcolangelo.bsky.social needs a little help from her friends (and I'm a bully). BJ needs what is, essentially, a full mouth replacement thanks to cancer radiation. We can't eliminate the dental trauma, but we can help with the life-altering debt. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...

gofundme.comDonate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia EmberwingIf you're reading this, you're not new to the fact that eventually the "pass … Amelia Emberwing needs your support for BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin')

filmhounds.co.ukColony And Faces Of Death Lead FrightFest 2026 Feature Film Line-UpYeon Sang-ho’s Colony and the eagerly anticipated remake of Faces of Death are among the titles set to screen at FrightFest as part of the event’s 2026 line-up. The annual genre festival returns to…

16 July

Festival season is upon us, friends!

FILMHOUNDS Magazine@filmhounds.co.uk

We do a rundown of the @frightfest.bsky.social 2026 feature film line-up in our latest news piece! Read it here: filmhounds.co.uk/2026/07/16/f...

30 June

Remember when this extremely cool thing happened?

Ari_Hellraiser@arihellraiser.bsky.social

All month long @shudder.com will feature the Millennial Nasties category based on my book from @encyclopub.bsky.social ! Check it out and enjoy some 2000s horror. Get your own copy here: a.co/d/0gAUHT9P

30 June

Another beautiful release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social ! And these snowy films arrived just in time for this heat wave.

24 June

Get this book!

Cat Voleur@catvoleur.bsky.social

RELEASE DAY!!! I'm a writer. My books are my children. I'm proud of all of them. But this one is so special. It has been such a journey to get here. I'm so thankful to Agita Publishing, and my friends and peers and readers in the queer horror community ♥️ 💛 🩵 Happy Pride Month 🖤